Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 294
VBR	# 698	# 531

Projections

Strikeouts	20	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	3.98
WHIP	1.44	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 318	# 404

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	35

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	30.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	21	25

Earned Runs	11	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	21	31

Walks	12	16

ERA	4.57	4.40

WHIP	1.52	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	23.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	6

Hits Allowed	20	21

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	20	23

Walks	10	8

ERA	4.31	3.98

WHIP	1.44	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
News
	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	The White Sox activated LHP Chris Murphy from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th
	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Murphy RP - CWS			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU			@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Murphy for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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